EAST KILBRIDE, Scotland – Two Christians have been removed from teaching positions at a Scottish school after officials discovered they were allowing students to read books about Biblical creation. Alexandra MacKenzie and Elizabeth Mockus were both instructors at Kirktonholme Primary School in southern Scotland. According to media reports, the two instructors are affiliated with a […]
DENVER — A district court judge appointed by Barack Obama has granted the Christian owners of a Colorado-based mortgage company a preliminary injunction against the contraceptive mandate in Obamacare. Cherry Creek Mortgage Company, an evangelical-owned business headquarted in Greenwood Village, Colorado, had sued the Obama administration in March of this year. It asserted that the […]
DENVER — A nationally-recognized Christian legal group is defending the annual proclamations issued each year by the governor of Colorado in honor of the National Day of Prayer, which have come under fire by a prominent atheist activist organization. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) reports that it submitted a friend of the court brief to the […]
AUSTIN — The Texas Board of Education is holding a public hearing today over proposed science textbooks that have caused controversy among Christian reviewers due to their overwhelming promotion of evolutionary theory. “Every scientific test has supported Darwin’s basic ideas about evolution,” one textbook reads. “Life on Earth is continually evolving. The history of Earth […]
WASHINGTON — A Christian family organization is calling for a national boycott of the iconic dessert mix company Betty Crocker for its support of homosexual marriage. In July of this year, after the state of Minnesota legalized same-sex unions, the company donated custom cakes to three homosexual twosomes for their “wedding” reception. Company spokesperson Laura […]
DALLAS — An recent episode of a national late-night stand-up comedy show featured a segment where two popular American comedians debated the existence of God and their problems with “fundamentalist Christians.” John Fugelsang and Jamie Kilstein appeared this week on Totally Biased with Kamau Bell, and sat down to participate in a discussion segment entitled […]
ST. PAUL — The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the right of a Minnesota Christian to distribute Bibles at Twin Cities Pride Fest, a celebration of homosexuality held each year in Minneapolis. In 2012, the Minnesota Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) had issued a regulation prohibiting literature distribution during the free festival, which […]
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When Laxmi Sovi, a Christian widow in India’s Chhattisgarh state, heard her door opening one morning last month, she could not have guessed that by the next day she would be hospitalized and her home demolished. Three Hindu extremists identified only as Veeru, Chaytu and Mangru barged into Sovi’s house […]
MORGANTON, North Carolina — A Christian evangelist witnessing at a public festival in North Carolina this past weekend was forced to put away a wooden cross that he was holding as police asserted that it could be considered a “dangerous weapon.” Brothers Jesse and Matthew Boyd, along with friend Kent Blalock, attended the 32nd annual […]
LANDRUM, South Carolina — A Christian school that came under fire earlier this year over a science quiz that was crafted from a Biblical worldview has closed its doors after failing to reach its financial goals to stay open. As previously reported, Blue Ridge Christian Academy (BRCA), a small private school nestled in the mountains […]